18 March 2019
The winners of the Best of APLF Awards (BOAA) 2019 were announced during BOAA & Design-A-Bag Awards and Cocktail Party in the evening of 14 March 2019 during APLF fairs.
There were a total of 15 winners with 5 Fashion Access exhibits and 10 APLF Leather & Materials+ exhibits. Read on to find out about the well-deserved award winners in design excellence for finished products.
Click here to find out the Best of APLF award winners for raw materials winner list.
Best Stand Design
Company: Dong Guan Star Vincci Leatherware Co Ltd
Country: China
Description: Star Vincci has consistently given us beautiful stands through the years and the award is to acknowledge the effort they al-ways put to marketing their products and company.
Best Small Leathergoods
Company: Tokunaga Bussan Co Ltd
Country: Japan
Description: Tokunaga Bussan Co. Ltd. for their well-designed, mini-malist wallets and purses, that are both elegant and efficient.
Best Bag Collection
Company: Katya Komarova
Country: Japan
Description: Katya Komarova. Katya’s bags are made from a sin-gle piece of vegetable tanned leather, with no stitch-ing, instead, the bag’s form is created through the use, which again cleverly, opens up the bag for easy storage.
Best Ladies’ Footwear
Company: Ella & Glo
Country: Indonesia
Description: Their shoes have a crafty feel, with nice orna-mental touches that make for a very feminine collection.
Best Athleisure Footwear Collection
Company: Shanghai SAB Jiemei Co., Ltd
Country: China
Description: Their sheepskin-lined, cow suede boots and slipper collection for kids, men and women are ergonomic, comfortable and trendy.